Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Quiet Desperation , by - Scatman John. Release date: 31.05.1995
Song language: English
Quiet Desperation |
| You’re sitting on a milk mornin' noon and night |
| Fantisizin' the American dream |
| You’re lookin' pretty good and you’ve got yourself conviced |
| That the nightmare isn’t a s bad as it seems |
| You try your best to hide yourself beneath your turned up collar |
| And a plastic bag is all you’ve got to show |
| And your books inside your shopping cart |
| Is probably the best education you’re ever gonna know (Hmm) |
| The guy in the Mercedes is just hard on with the dollar |
| Better grab it 'cause the signal’s turnin' green |
| And while you’re at it put the jug behind the picket fence |
| 'Cause the copper’s driving past you lookin' mean |
| Institution, contribution, restitution, destitution |
| Doesn’t mean a thing to you now |
| You’re the freeway feature |
| For your audience are driving by So maybe you should stand and take a bow |
| Your living in desperation |
| And you never have felt complete |
| You live in anticipation |
| Of another day on the street, sing with me |
| (Scatting by Scatman John) |
| You’re sitting in the same spot |
| You want to go home |
| But there ain’t no home but home on the range |
| You’ve forgotten what you look like and it looks like you’ve forgotten |
| That the look inside your eye is very strange |
| Ain’t nothing left to hide |
| You’re stripped of all your pride and all you feel inside |
| Is a hole a mile wide |
| You’re the freedom desperado |
| And the perfect living model |
| Of a land that hasn’t any good excuse |
| Your living in desperation |
| And you never have felt complete |
| You live in anticipation |
| Of another day on the street, sing with me |
| (Scatting by Scatman John) |
| Sittin' on your milkcrate, blanket wrapped around you |
| I see you sitting day after day |
| I really like to talk but I know if I approached you |
| You’d probably get up and walk away |
| You’re wishin' that your home of the American dream |
| Wasn’t only smoke and exhaust |
| I love you desperado and all I gotta say |
| You let me know how much I really lost |
| Your living in desperation |
| And you never have felt complete |
| You live in anticipation |
| Of another day on the street, sing with me |
| (Scatting by Scatman John) |
| Your living in desperation |
| And you never have felt complete |
| You live in anticipation |
| Of another day on the street, sing with me |
| (Scatting by Scatman John) |
| (Fade out |